Ignacio Mendez (1953, Argentina).
Studied composition at the CEAMC (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Música Contemporánea) in Buenos Aires and Neue Kompositionstechniken and Live Electronics at the HfMT (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg). Self taught guitarist works with electric guitar, MIDI guitar, computer, multimedia and writes music for instrumental ensembles/groups, art-videos, performance and dance.
At present his main interest is writing music with tempo shifting between voices and instruments:
Up Still Down for 5 electric guitars (2004)
Up Still Down 2 for 8 electric guitars (2005)
Distortion for 8 electric guitars (2006)
Fragility for ensemble (16 instruments -2008)
In the Clouds for choir (2009)
Second Replicators for 8 electric guitars and 3 vibraphones (2011)
Fragility II for ensemble (11 instruments -in process)
Contact: i9natz@netscape.net
Ignacio Mendez (1953, Argentina).
Estudió composición en el CEAMC (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Música Contemporánea) en Buenos Aires y Nuevas Técnicas de Composición y Live Electronics en la HfMT (Alta Escuela de Música y Teatro de Hamburgo). Guitarrista autodidacta trabaja con guitarra eléctrica,guitarra MIDI, computadora, multimedia y escribe música para ensambles/grupos instrumentales, art-videos, performance y danza.
Actualmente su interés principal es componer piezas con desfasaje de tempo entre voces e instrumentos:
Up Still Down para 5 guitarras eléctricas (2004)
Up Still Down 2 para 8 guitarras eléctricas (2005)
Distortion para 8 guitarras eléctricas (2006)
Fragilidad para ensamble (16 instrumentos -2008)
En las nubes para coro (2009)
Second Replicators para 8 guitarras eléctricas and 3 vibráfonos (2011)
Fragilidad II para ensamble (11 instrumentos -en proceso).
Studied composition at the CEAMC (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Música Contemporánea) in Buenos Aires and Neue Kompositionstechniken and Live Electronics at the HfMT (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg). Self taught guitarist works with electric guitar, MIDI guitar, computer, multimedia and writes music for instrumental ensembles/groups, art-videos, performance and dance.
At present his main interest is writing music with tempo shifting between voices and instruments:
Up Still Down for 5 electric guitars (2004)
Up Still Down 2 for 8 electric guitars (2005)
Distortion for 8 electric guitars (2006)
Fragility for ensemble (16 instruments -2008)
In the Clouds for choir (2009)
Second Replicators for 8 electric guitars and 3 vibraphones (2011)
Fragility II for ensemble (11 instruments -in process)
Contact: i9natz@netscape.net
Ignacio Mendez (1953, Argentina).
Estudió composición en el CEAMC (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Música Contemporánea) en Buenos Aires y Nuevas Técnicas de Composición y Live Electronics en la HfMT (Alta Escuela de Música y Teatro de Hamburgo). Guitarrista autodidacta trabaja con guitarra eléctrica,guitarra MIDI, computadora, multimedia y escribe música para ensambles/grupos instrumentales, art-videos, performance y danza.
Actualmente su interés principal es componer piezas con desfasaje de tempo entre voces e instrumentos:
Up Still Down para 5 guitarras eléctricas (2004)
Up Still Down 2 para 8 guitarras eléctricas (2005)
Distortion para 8 guitarras eléctricas (2006)
Fragilidad para ensamble (16 instrumentos -2008)
En las nubes para coro (2009)
Second Replicators para 8 guitarras eléctricas and 3 vibráfonos (2011)
Fragilidad II para ensamble (11 instrumentos -en proceso).
CONCERTS & PERFORMANCES
19/05/2012 19:30
Blurred Edges
Dos Gauchos y una China
(Zwei Gauchos und eine China)
Moxi Beidenegl, Ezequiel Menalled & Ignacio Mendez (Argentinien)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Orchesterstudio
http://vamh.de/index.php?gig=1955
27 & 28/01/2012
Espacio Cultural Pata de Ganso
M.I.G. (Mañanas Intrínsecas Geográficas)
Moxi Beidenegl (voice + live electronics)
Gabriel Cerini (polyurethane tubes + tape + live electronics) Ignacio Mendez (zarod + live electronics)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.patadeganso.com.ar
22/01/2011 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 32 Festival
"Desperate Housewaves"
Ignacio Mendez (MIDI guitar prepared with sine waves) & Ollin Eguren (Dance).
Hamburg, Germany
http://klubkatarakt.net/katarakt_programm11.html
14/05/2010 20:00
Studio KO*OP
Blurred Edges Festival
"ZweitausendZen"
(Music & Performance)
Moxi Beidenegl, Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam.
Hamburg, Germany
www.ko-op.eu
10/05/2010 19:00
Glockenhaus
32. Internationale Studienwoche für Zeitgenössische Musik
M.I.G. (Mero Indicio Girondeal) from Argentina.
Moxi Beidenegl (voice+live electronics), Gabriel
Cerini (tape+live electronics) & Ignacio Mendez
(zarod+live electronics).
Lüneburg, Germany
23/01/2010 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 31 Festival
"23012010"
Dirk Dhonau (drums/perc) & Ignacio Mendez
(guitar/fx).
"6.800 Billionen Affen" for MIDI guitar (2009
UA)Hamburg, Germany
http://klubkatarakt.net/katarakt_programm10.html
14/03/2010 15:00
Nana Hari
"Seibu-Ikebukuro Line tracks"
(for electric guitar, fx & computer)
Tokyo, Japan
http://www.ftftftf.com/2010.html
29/08/2009 20:00
Studio KO*OP
M.I.G. (Moxi Ignacio Gabriel) from Argentina
Moxi Beidenegl (voice + live electronics), Gabriel
Cerini (tape + live electronics) & Ignacio Mendez
(zarod + live electronics).
(Hamburg, Germany)
www.ko-op.eu
06/11/2009 20:00
Instituto Cervantes
"Los Milagros": Text & Music
María Cecilia Barbetta, Moxi Beidenegl &
Ignacio Mendez
Chilehaus, Fischertwiete 2, 20095
Hamburg, Germany
03/07/2009 19:00
Kunst/Nah
"Porto Folio" (Bilder 3er Häfen)
Paintings from Alejandro Soto
"Spectralbranes" for electric guitar and electronics
from Ignacio Mendez
Große Bergstraße 152, 22767
Hamburg, Germany
30.04.09 20:00
SKAMraum
"Porto Mutante"
Paintings from Alejandro Soto
"Synästhesie" music performance featuring
no virgins: Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam:
electronic music & dance
Ollin Eguren: costumes
Beim Trichter 1, Reeperbahn 1, St. Pauli
Hamburg, Germany
http://www.skam.org
17/01/2009 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 29 Festival
"espejo" (Spiegel) & "reality sandwiches"
(2008 UA)
Moxi Beidenegl - voice Ignacio Mendez - zarod (stereo electric 6 string
instrument).
25/01/2008 19:30
Haus 73
klub katarakt 27 Festival
"Light music" (Video 2008 UA) from Cornelia Geißler & Ignacio Mendez
"past entropy (fractal bossa)" for Disklavier
(Ignacio Mendez 2007 UA).
"La bourgeoisie contemporaine" (music and performance 2008 UA) by
no virgins (Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam)
Hamburg, Germany
26/11/2006 20:00
Kultur Forum Altona
klub katarakt 23, 24, 25 Festival
"Life with the Lions No.2: Cambridge 1969"
(J. Lennon / Y. Ono): performance by
no virgins (Ignacio Mendez, feedback guitar &
Donghee Nam, screaming) with guests Víctor
Millones (sax) and Alexandra Gramatke (percussion).
"Distortion" (2005 UA) for 8 distorted electric
guitars.
Jessenstraße 10, Hamburg, Germany
11/11/2006 21:00
Rote Flora
Crashing Planes : Ignacio Mendez, Robert
Engelbrecht (E-Guitars+FX) & Olve Strelow (drums).,
Schulterblatt 71, 20357
Hamburg, Germany
04/11/2006 18:00
Connecting Media, Multimedia Kongress.
Theaterakademie Hamburg
"Pressure Points" for MIDI Guitar & Video
Friedensallee 9, 22765
Hamburg, Germany
20/10/2006 19:00
Glockenhaus
Composer Portrait
Ignacio Mendez
32. Festival Neue Musik EULEC (European Live
Electronic Center).
Lüneburg, Germany.
01/10/2004 20:00
Podewill
"Der Negative Horizont", with Nelly Boyd (Moxi
Beidenegl, Ignacio Mendez -Buenos Aires, Robert
Engelbrecht, Peter Imig, Jens Röhm-Hamburg): Own
compositions.
Podewill, Saal, Klosterstr. 68-70, 10179
Berlin, Germany
27/03/2004 20:00
Experimental Intermedia
Nelly Boyd Ensemble: own compositions
New York, U.S.A.
http://experimentalintermedia.org/concerts/04/march.shtml
31.01, 01.02 & 02.02.2004 19:00
Hinterconti Gallery
"Peeping John": Nelly Boyd Kreis
Music from Alvin Lucier, Phil Niblock, Terry Riley,
Christian Wolff, Moxi Beidenegl, Robert
Engelbrecht, Carsten Görig, Peter Imig, Ignacio
Mendez & Jens Röhm.
Markstr. 40, Hamburg, Germany.
15/03/2003 20:00
Westwerk
Phil Niblock (music & video) for 3 electric guitars
(Peter Imig, Ignacio Mendez & Robert Engelbrecht)
Hamburg, Germany
OTHER CONCERTS
2002-2009
Neue Musik Lüneburg Festivals
Ensemble Neue Musik Lüneburg &
Live-Elektronik-Ensemble
Hamburg and Lüneburg, Germany
2001
Psyco Deli
Electronic compositions from Moxi Beidenegl and
Ignacio Mendez
Berlin, Germany
2000
MAMBA
(Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires).
"eKlips" for 3 voices & electronics
Buenos Aires, Argentina
19/05/2012 19:30
Blurred Edges
Dos Gauchos y una China
(Zwei Gauchos und eine China)
Moxi Beidenegl, Ezequiel Menalled & Ignacio Mendez (Argentinien)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Orchesterstudio
http://vamh.de/index.php?gig=1955
27 & 28/01/2012
Espacio Cultural Pata de Ganso
M.I.G. (Mañanas Intrínsecas Geográficas)
Moxi Beidenegl (voice + live electronics)
Gabriel Cerini (polyurethane tubes + tape + live electronics) Ignacio Mendez (zarod + live electronics)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.patadeganso.com.ar
22/01/2011 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 32 Festival
"Desperate Housewaves"
Ignacio Mendez (MIDI guitar prepared with sine waves) & Ollin Eguren (Dance).
Hamburg, Germany
http://klubkatarakt.net/katarakt_programm11.html
14/05/2010 20:00
Studio KO*OP
Blurred Edges Festival
"ZweitausendZen"
(Music & Performance)
Moxi Beidenegl, Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam.
Hamburg, Germany
www.ko-op.eu
10/05/2010 19:00
Glockenhaus
32. Internationale Studienwoche für Zeitgenössische Musik
M.I.G. (Mero Indicio Girondeal) from Argentina.
Moxi Beidenegl (voice+live electronics), Gabriel
Cerini (tape+live electronics) & Ignacio Mendez
(zarod+live electronics).
Lüneburg, Germany
23/01/2010 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 31 Festival
"23012010"
Dirk Dhonau (drums/perc) & Ignacio Mendez
(guitar/fx).
"6.800 Billionen Affen" for MIDI guitar (2009
UA)Hamburg, Germany
http://klubkatarakt.net/katarakt_programm10.html
14/03/2010 15:00
Nana Hari
"Seibu-Ikebukuro Line tracks"
(for electric guitar, fx & computer)
Tokyo, Japan
http://www.ftftftf.com/2010.html
29/08/2009 20:00
Studio KO*OP
M.I.G. (Moxi Ignacio Gabriel) from Argentina
Moxi Beidenegl (voice + live electronics), Gabriel
Cerini (tape + live electronics) & Ignacio Mendez
(zarod + live electronics).
(Hamburg, Germany)
www.ko-op.eu
06/11/2009 20:00
Instituto Cervantes
"Los Milagros": Text & Music
María Cecilia Barbetta, Moxi Beidenegl &
Ignacio Mendez
Chilehaus, Fischertwiete 2, 20095
Hamburg, Germany
03/07/2009 19:00
Kunst/Nah
"Porto Folio" (Bilder 3er Häfen)
Paintings from Alejandro Soto
"Spectralbranes" for electric guitar and electronics
from Ignacio Mendez
Große Bergstraße 152, 22767
Hamburg, Germany
30.04.09 20:00
SKAMraum
"Porto Mutante"
Paintings from Alejandro Soto
"Synästhesie" music performance featuring
no virgins: Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam:
electronic music & dance
Ollin Eguren: costumes
Beim Trichter 1, Reeperbahn 1, St. Pauli
Hamburg, Germany
http://www.skam.org
17/01/2009 20:00
Kampnagel
klub katarakt 29 Festival
"espejo" (Spiegel) & "reality sandwiches"
(2008 UA)
Moxi Beidenegl - voice Ignacio Mendez - zarod (stereo electric 6 string
instrument).
25/01/2008 19:30
Haus 73
klub katarakt 27 Festival
"Light music" (Video 2008 UA) from Cornelia Geißler & Ignacio Mendez
"past entropy (fractal bossa)" for Disklavier
(Ignacio Mendez 2007 UA).
"La bourgeoisie contemporaine" (music and performance 2008 UA) by
no virgins (Ignacio Mendez & Donghee Nam)
Hamburg, Germany
26/11/2006 20:00
Kultur Forum Altona
klub katarakt 23, 24, 25 Festival
"Life with the Lions No.2: Cambridge 1969"
(J. Lennon / Y. Ono): performance by
no virgins (Ignacio Mendez, feedback guitar &
Donghee Nam, screaming) with guests Víctor
Millones (sax) and Alexandra Gramatke (percussion).
"Distortion" (2005 UA) for 8 distorted electric
guitars.
Jessenstraße 10, Hamburg, Germany
11/11/2006 21:00
Rote Flora
Crashing Planes : Ignacio Mendez, Robert
Engelbrecht (E-Guitars+FX) & Olve Strelow (drums).,
Schulterblatt 71, 20357
Hamburg, Germany
04/11/2006 18:00
Connecting Media, Multimedia Kongress.
Theaterakademie Hamburg
"Pressure Points" for MIDI Guitar & Video
Friedensallee 9, 22765
Hamburg, Germany
20/10/2006 19:00
Glockenhaus
Composer Portrait
Ignacio Mendez
32. Festival Neue Musik EULEC (European Live
Electronic Center).
Lüneburg, Germany.
01/10/2004 20:00
Podewill
"Der Negative Horizont", with Nelly Boyd (Moxi
Beidenegl, Ignacio Mendez -Buenos Aires, Robert
Engelbrecht, Peter Imig, Jens Röhm-Hamburg): Own
compositions.
Podewill, Saal, Klosterstr. 68-70, 10179
Berlin, Germany
27/03/2004 20:00
Experimental Intermedia
Nelly Boyd Ensemble: own compositions
New York, U.S.A.
http://experimentalintermedia.org/concerts/04/march.shtml
31.01, 01.02 & 02.02.2004 19:00
Hinterconti Gallery
"Peeping John": Nelly Boyd Kreis
Music from Alvin Lucier, Phil Niblock, Terry Riley,
Christian Wolff, Moxi Beidenegl, Robert
Engelbrecht, Carsten Görig, Peter Imig, Ignacio
Mendez & Jens Röhm.
Markstr. 40, Hamburg, Germany.
15/03/2003 20:00
Westwerk
Phil Niblock (music & video) for 3 electric guitars
(Peter Imig, Ignacio Mendez & Robert Engelbrecht)
Hamburg, Germany
OTHER CONCERTS
2002-2009
Neue Musik Lüneburg Festivals
Ensemble Neue Musik Lüneburg &
Live-Elektronik-Ensemble
Hamburg and Lüneburg, Germany
2001
Psyco Deli
Electronic compositions from Moxi Beidenegl and
Ignacio Mendez
Berlin, Germany
2000
MAMBA
(Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires).
"eKlips" for 3 voices & electronics
Buenos Aires, Argentina